Alvin Greene Documentarians Have Their Work Cut Out for Them

Alvin Greene, South Carolina’s enigmatic Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, will be the subject of a new documentary. The film is the project of producer Leslie Beaumont and writer David Garrett, neither of whom has experience with campaign documentaries, according to Yahoo’s Michael Calderone. “We’re really fascinated with the story of this ordinary private citizen living in obscurity and then thrown in the limelight,” Beaumont said. Note that “thrown in the limelight” is not a phrase often used to describe Senate hopefuls, who, at least theoretically, pursue elected office because they themselves chose to do so of their own initiative.

In any event, Beaumont and Garrett have already extracted from Greene a number of explanations for his strange, well-documented behavior on the campaign trail. For instance, he finally reveals why he told The Guardian that production of Alvin Greene action figures would improve his state’s economy. According to Calderone, “Beaumont said she asked Greene about that widely mocked comment, and he claimed it was sort of a joke that’s geared for a British audience.” Hopefully the documentary will also include third-party interpretations of Greene’s explanations.